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1、044. If at such a spreading contact the two plates support continents, a rift is formed that will gradually widen and become flooded by the sea. The Atlantic Ocean formed like this as the American and Afro-European plates move in opposite directions. The word “support“ is closest in meaning towhich

2、of following? (A) separate (B) create (C) reduce (D) hold125. And there were factories in occupations such as metalwork where individual contractors presided over what were essentially handicraft proprietorships that coexisted within a single building. The words “presided over“ in line 20 are closes

3、t in meaning to (A) managed (B) led to (C) worked in (D) produced137. For example, sometimes the shape or veining in a piece of stone or wood suggests, perhaps even dictates, not only the ultimate form, but even the subject matter. The word “dictates“ is closest in meaning to which of following? (A)

4、 reads aloud (B) determines (C) includes (D) records179. Their light was already halfway here before the Earth even formed. The light from the nearby Virgo galaxy set out when reptiles still dominated the animal world. The word “dominated“ is closest in meaning to which of following? (A) threatened

5、(B) replaced (C) were developing in (D) were prevalent in 200. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarily associated with that process. The word “customarily“ is closest in meaning to which of

6、 following? (A) naturally (B) necessarily (C) usually (D) certainly209. Unimprovised, completely structured jazz does exist, but the ability of the best jazz musicians to create music of great cohesion and beauty during a performance has been a hallmark of the music and its major source of inspirati

7、on and change. The word “cohesion“ is closest in meaning to which of following? (A) sorrow (B) fame (C) unity (D) vibration 244. The high rate of species extinctions in these environments is jolting, but it is important to recognize the significance of biological diversity in all ecosystems. The wor

8、d “jolting“ is closest in meaning to which of following? (A) predicted (B) shocking (C) unknown (D) illuminating255. In spite of Hunts inviting facade, the living space was awkwardly arranged. Those who could afford them were quite content to reunion in the more sumptuous, single-family homes, leavi

9、ng the Stuyvesant to young married couples and bachelors. The word “inviting“ is closest in meaning to which of following? (A) open (B) encouraging (C) attractive (D) asking274. Some colonial urban portraitist, such as John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West, and Charles Willson Peale, consorted with a

10、ffluent patrons. The word “consorted“ is closest in meaning to which of following? (A) made decisions (B) studied (C) agreed (D) associated 278. Moreover, in addition to its being a transportation pathway equipped with a mammoth physical plant of tracks signals, crossings, bridges, and junctions, pl

11、us telegraph and telephone lines the railroad nurtured factory complexes, coat piles, warehouses, and generating stations, forming along its right-of-way what has aptly been called “the metropolitan corridor“ of the American landscape. The word “aptly“ is closest in meaning to which of following? (A

12、) appropriately (B) virtually (C) consistently (D) incessantly310. Throughout the colonial period there was a marked shortage of women, which varied with the regions and was always greatest in the frontier areas. The word “marked“ is closest in meaning to which of following? (A) underlined (B) grade

13、d (C) prolonged (D) distinctsucceeding generations of poets and readers. The word “succeeding“ is closest in meaning to which of following? (A) inheriting (B) prospering (C) diverse (D) later349. Few insects feed their young after hatching, but some make other arrangement, provisioning their cells a

14、nd nests with caterpillars and spiders that they have paralyzed with their venom and stored in a state of suspended animation so that their larvae might have a supply of fresh food when they hatch. The word “provisioning“ is closest in meaning to which of following? (A) supplying (B) preparing (C) b

15、uilding (D) expanding381. The simple of these is the carbon dioxide from the respiration of an ant cluster, a chemical that acts pheromone to promote aggregation. The word “cluster“ is closest in meaning to which of following? (A) organ (B) activity (C) group (D) cycle422. After the 1870s, a number of important authors began to reject the romanticism that had prevailed immediately following the Civil War of 1861-1865 and turned instead to realism. The word “prevailed“ is closest in meaning to which of following? (A) dominated (B) transformed (C) entered (D) generalized